Posted on 10/16/2010 6:57:44 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
No more Bushes. The mere thought is revolting.
We’re just now on the verge of throwing “big government conservatives” (i.e., pseudocons, CINOs, RINOs) out and someone broaches another Bush.
I’d consider supporting a number of candidates to try to turn things around but none of them are named Bush. That family has done enough damage already to the conservative/constitutionalist cause.
"Supporters of Jeb Bush say Bush fatigue will not be a significant problem "
Nothing personal agains’t Jeb but we don’t need another Global Elitist masquerading as a Republican in the Oval Office. No more Bushes!
We don’t want any more “Compassionate Conservatives!”
ditto.
i knew in 1988 that the prescott bush family
were north east elite libs,
but i voted for them instead of the alternatives.
no more.
The list of elites ...
http://republicanwhip.house.gov/newsroom/2009/04/national-council-for-a-new-america-formed.html
Our National Panel of Experts:
Governor Haley Barbour
Governor Jeb Bush
Governor Bobby Jindal
Senator John McCain
Governor Mitt Romney
(snip)
Sincerely,
John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Mike Pence, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, John Carter, Pete Sessions, David Dreier, Kevin McCarthy, Roy Blunt
Mitch McConnell, Jon Kyl, Lamar Alexander, John Ensign, John Cornyn, John Thune, Kay Bailey Hutchison
//
Gingrich Joins Cantor’s Effort To Remake GOP
Jeb Bush, like his brother, supports amnesty, which will destroy this country with the stroke of a pen.
Romney, Cantor, Jeb Bush stump for GOP revival
By Alexander Bolton Posted: 05/02/09 02:12 PM [ET]
ARLINGTON, Va. — Three Republican leaders mentioned as possible presidential candidates in 2012 or beyond held a town hall-style meeting at a pizza restaurant to launch a series of listening sessions across America.
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and rising star Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.) explained their vision for reviving the GOP to a mostly young crowd that packed into a pizza restaurant on Saturday morning.
The leaders said the purpose of the session was to find out first-hand the pressing concerns of voters around the country and to discover solutions that rely on free-market principles and individual responsibility.
The chat session marked the launch of the National Council for a New America, an effort that also includes 2008 GOP presidential nominee John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), another possible challenger to President Obama in 2012.
“This is meant to bring people together to have a serious discussion about the challenges facing America, small businesses and working families,” said Cantor, who kicked off the conversation at Pie-Tanza Resturant.
The listening tour is a tactic that has been popular among politicians in the past. Hillary Rodham Clinton held extensive listening tours in upstate New York before deciding to run for Senate in 2000 and also did so before her 2008 presidential race.
The Republican Party has been suffering something of an identity crisis since losing the White House and seven seats in the Senate last November. The latest blow was longtime Republican Sen. Arlen Specter’s (Pa.) announcement Tuesday that he would join the Democratic Party, claiming that the GOP had become too radically conservative for him.
Republican strategists have been scratching their collective heads over how to create political momentum while Democrats have lambasted the GOP as the “party of no” and without fresh ideas.
The leaders received positive feedback from the crowd, which included reporters, Republican aides and their friends, but not many new ideas.
On the subject of education, one attendee declared that “people learn more from listening to Rush Limbaugh than they do in high school or college.”
And while the leaders said they're willing to embrace the thoughts of the concerned voters, a group of conservative activists who were protesting in the parking lot complained that they were not allowed through the doors. “We’re demonstrating against the fact that this organization set up by RINOs [Republicans in Name Only] have taken immigration off the agenda,” said Michael McLaughlin, a member of the American Council for Immigration Reform, a group seeking to stem the flow of immigrants into the country.
The activists grumbled that Republican organizers did not widely advertise the event. Several wearing shirts declaring themselves “Republicans Against Maverick McCain” craned their necks for a glimpse of the senior lawmaker, who did not show up.
Bush, Romney and Cantor all downplayed their future political ambitions.
“None of us are here saying we’re the answers, leadership comes from the people,” said Cantor. Romney joked that he and Bush are “two has-beens.”
And Bush quipped his retirement from politics is the reason why he has a near-permanent smile on his face.
But the crush of media coverage — reporters set up a bank of six television cameras to record the event — suggests that members of the press aren’t convinced Romney and Bush have given up on dreams of higher office.
What did Jeb do about the massive illegal immigration problem in Florida?
The GOP establishment is pushing Mitch Daniels as the 2012 nominee with VA Gov. Bob McDonnell as a possible altgernative.
I say this as kindly as possible: They are kidding themselves.
No more Patricians period!
TOTALLY AGREE!!
No more of the moneyed dynasties!
Let’s get some fresh blood. Heck, I’d like to see some truck drivers running for office. Or some garbagemen. Somebody who knows what it’s like to honestly work for a living!
It is very telling who signed on to that failed organization, hence my post.
If his sense of duty to his country is that strong he will go away & not seek public office again. As has already been said NO MORE RINOS
You are so right. We need to remember who they are as we approach 2012. They are the self-appointed king makers who will be working behind the scenes to thwart the will of the rank and file. I don’t trust any of them.
Dear Jeb...Bye, Bye.
I’m w/you. Truck driver - garbageman (person) - indian chief - squaw - or Ted Nugent would would be a better choice.
He is pro amnesty as they come so he will never get my vote.
George W. Bush was no dummy. I didn’t agree with everything he did, but he did give us two excellent Supreme Court justices.
He also flew F-102 fighter jets. That set him far apart from most folks.
I can’t support Jeb Bush for President either, would like to see him run for the U.S. Senate. He would also be an exceptional Secretary of Education .. very strong on school-choice. He is someone who is very persuasive and could help implement it.
LLS
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